King’s College London has launched the UK’s very first medical degree that is designed specifically to support healthcare professionals in becoming qualified doctors.
The Healthcare Entry Medicine MBBS is a four year course designed to support professionals such as nurses, midwives and other patient-facing individuals in transitioning into careers as doctors.
The programme has been created specifically to develop their pre-existing knowledge and skills.
Unlike the current Graduate Entry Medicine course at King’s, this new course is designed with current healthcare professionals at the forefront, focusing on key areas such as foundational bioscience, and having less emphasis on early clinical practice: Something which applicants will have already mastered in their current roles.
To apply, candidates will need a 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent), at least two years full-time experience in a patient-facing healthcare role, and to sit the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) to be considered for admission.
The new programme will allow students to learn from global leaders in medical research and life sciences, as well as some of the world’s most influential clinicians.
Students can benefit from teaching at King’s partner hospitals (Guy’s, King’s College, St Thomas’) and will gain crucial hands-on experience through a multitude of clinical placements at both hospitals and over 350 general practices.
Being the first Russell Group university in the UK to offer such a degree, King’s consistently continues to lead innovation in medical education and is now the only UK university to offer five distinct routes into medicine, making it one of the most diverse medical education providers in the country.
Applications for the new Healthcare Entry Medicine MBBS will open via UCAS in September 2025, with the first cohort starting in 2026.
